Contrasting fifties from skipper Harmanpreet Kaur and Richa Ghosh have been complemented properly by the bowlers as India notched up an enormous 78-run win over UAE of their second match of the continuing ladies’s Asia Cup T20 match in Dambulla on Sunday. Invited to bat, Kaur performed the anchor’s position to perfection with a 47-ball 66, whereas Ghosh produced late cost with an unbeaten 29-ball-64 to energy defending champions India to 201 for 5, their first-ever 200-plus rating in T20Is. The bowlers, led by Deepti Sharma (2/23), then produced a scientific present to restrict UAE to 123 for 7 as India put one foot within the semifinals.

With two wins in as many video games, India occupy the highest spot in group A with 4 factors and have a Internet Run Fee of +3.298.

India will play their third and ultimate group sport in opposition to Nepal on Tuesday.

Chasing the daunting whole, opener Esha Rohit Oza scored a 36-ball 38 (5×4, 1×6) however UAE by no means have been within the chase as they stored dropping wickets at common intervals.

Tempo duo of Renuka Singh (1/30) and Pooja Vastrakar (1/27) dismissed Theertha Satish (4) and Rinitha Rajith (7) as UAE slipped to 24 for two in 5.2 overs.

Deepti then struck in her third ball, eradicating Samaira Dharnidharka (5) however Oza and Kavisha Egodage (40 not out) performed some entertaining pictures to attain 20 runs in subsequent three overs.

Nonetheless, Tanuja Kanwar (1/14), who had changed an injured Shreyanka Patil within the taking part in XI, had Oza stumped, whereas Radha Yadav (1/29) removed Khushi Sharma (10) as UAE fell to 95 for 5 within the sixteenth over.

Heena Hotchandani then turned Deepti’s second sufferer and Rithika was run out within the final ball as UAE completed distant from India’s whole.

Earlier, whereas the 35-year-old Harmanpreet blasted seven fours and a six throughout her innings, Ghosh slammed as many as 12 boundaries and a most, together with 5 consecutive hits to the fence within the ultimate over of the innings bowled by Hotchandani.

Kaur stitched two essential partnerships, including 54 off 39 balls with Jemimah Rodrigues and 75 off 45 balls with Ghosh to place India in a commanding place.

Opener Smriti Mandhana (13) blasted a six and a 4 to present India an excellent begin however an overambitious shot noticed her being holed out at mid-off off spinner Egodage within the third over.

Shafali Verma then produced some sensational pictures, carting the bowlers for 5 fours and a six en route an 18-ball 37. However she dedicated the error of edging a brief and vast ball from seamer Dharnidharka because the keeper did the remainder.

Hotchandani then cleaned up Dayalan Hemalatha (2) within the first supply of the subsequent over as India slipped to 52 for 3 contained in the powerplay.

Harmanpreet and Rodrigues (14) then joined arms and stored the scoreboard ticking with the previous doing the heavy lifting within the 39-ball 54-run stand, which put India throughout the 100-mark within the eleventh over.

As soon as Rodrigues was dismissed by Egodage within the twelfth over, Ghosh displayed her boundary-hitting prowess, utilizing her cowl drive to perfection to rack up 18 runs off Oza’s over with 4 boundaries.

Harmanpreet reached her fifty within the 18th over after which clobbered two fours and a six off Samaira as India crossed the 180-run mark.

Whereas Harmanpreet was run out within the first ball of the nineteenth over, Ghosh slammed 5 fours within the remaining 5 balls to achieve her fifty, her first within the shortest format.

Ghosh reached her fifty in simply 26 balls, and within the final over alone she milked 20 runs.

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